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from iowa to new hampshire. you see the board there. the president ends the day, though, in florida. kristen welker is traveling with the president. peter alexander is following mitt romney. we begin with kristen in iowa city. we were listening to the president's remarks and he did not off the top address the jobs report. >> reporter: that's right, he didn't, tamron. this is obviously not welcome news to the president, to the white house, or to the obama campaign, but he did address it essentially trying to down-play it focusing on the fact that the economy did add some jobs as you heard there in that sound bite you played. behind the scenes they're trying to down-play this really disappointing jobs report. one senior administration official saying it's just more proof that the economy is improving but that it's not improving quickly enough. the president today, tamron, really trying to hold onto any momentum he may have gotten after last night's acceptance speech. of course crisscrossing these battleground stat
from iowa to new hampshire. you see the board there. the president ends the day, though, in florida. kristen welker is traveling with the president. peter alexander is following mitt romney. we begin with kristen in iowa city. we were listening to the president's remarks and he did not off the top address the jobs report. >> reporter: that's right, he didn't, tamron. this is obviously not welcome news to the president, to the white house, or to the obama campaign, but he did address it...
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the reason for that, tamron, is these polls were tight in iowa a couple of months ago. republicans were feeling stre good about iowa, especially after the primary -- excuse me. the caucuses. president obama took a three-day bus trip around the state back in june, i believe, and that has helped his numbers go up. mitt romney has not campaigned that aggressively. that's a big reason the poll in iowa is the way it is with that eight-point gap. >> congressman paul ryan was trying to rally the troops on capitol hill telling them we're going to win this. what do we see as the strategy for governor romney? we know the bus tour, getting in the ground and more ads and maybe this -- the release of his 2011 tax returns in about 30 minutes from now perhaps could be a part of that strategy. what do you see? >> they are certainly getting more aggressive. as you were mentioning earlier this hour, they are responding to everything. they're trying to get reporters to be more aggressive in the questions that they're asking the white house now about several things. libya, for instance, bu
the reason for that, tamron, is these polls were tight in iowa a couple of months ago. republicans were feeling stre good about iowa, especially after the primary -- excuse me. the caucuses. president obama took a three-day bus trip around the state back in june, i believe, and that has helped his numbers go up. mitt romney has not campaigned that aggressively. that's a big reason the poll in iowa is the way it is with that eight-point gap. >> congressman paul ryan was trying to rally the...
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iowa was a reliably republican state. florida was reliably republican too. ohio most of the time except for clinton. the republican party has essentially if i may priced itself out of the states by going so far to the right and it made them competitive or democratic. these are states republicans used to win and they can't win them. >> what about the notion, yes, you have the branding issue with the republican party. that's no secret. you see that with the polling. but it this team of paul ryan and governor romney does not help itself when situations arise like the one with george step naup loss. let me play this moment. no specifics coming from the man who wants to be president and his vp. let me play it. >> it's difficult to accept your word if you don't specify which tax loopholes you're willing to close. don't voters have a right to know which loopholes you're going to go after? >> so mitt romney and i based on our experience think the best way to do this is to show the frame oshg, and show the out lines of plans and work with congress to do this. that's
iowa was a reliably republican state. florida was reliably republican too. ohio most of the time except for clinton. the republican party has essentially if i may priced itself out of the states by going so far to the right and it made them competitive or democratic. these are states republicans used to win and they can't win them. >> what about the notion, yes, you have the branding issue with the republican party. that's no secret. you see that with the polling. but it this team of paul...
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romney's part hurt him with them, specifically the 47% comment he made in florida a few of the guys in iowa said they were leaning towards romney and shook them up, that he was a y woo whye was never going to have middle class interests. >> louis romano, thank you. >> you're welcome. thank you. >>> violence eruptedoday as tens of thoands of greeks took to the streets of athens to protest up coming austeri urth cnbc's julia chatterly is in athens with more. >> reporter: thanks, thomas. things are returning to normal. the traffic, perhaps the only signs of what we saw some lter that lines the et thprotests did begin peacefully. tens of thousands of people here to show their contempt of the latest austerity membshls and t anarchists arrived. they had petro bbs andegan eng tic and setting up and then the crowds dispersed. what we're seeing now, no sign of the protests. very, very peaceful on the streets and key point to remember is this was set to coincide with a vote in parlment thaven ypp. they still have to be part of parliament and agreed. that's going to happen over the next week or so and
romney's part hurt him with them, specifically the 47% comment he made in florida a few of the guys in iowa said they were leaning towards romney and shook them up, that he was a y woo whye was never going to have middle class interests. >> louis romano, thank you. >> you're welcome. thank you. >>> violence eruptedoday as tens of thoands of greeks took to the streets of athens to protest up coming austeri urth cnbc's julia chatterly is in athens with more. >>...
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for example, over there is nevada, that direction is iowa, virginia, colorado. so again, everything is very carefully choreographed. the podium is up there. we will hear the first lady and mayor of san antonio speak later on. dell case are starting to file in now. some 6,000 will be here. and the energy level, quite a night here when things get started in a few hours. tamron? >> thank you for the update. associated press with a first lady speech, likely not mentioning romney by name. the lilly led better fair pay act. let me bring in talk show host michael smerconish, senior writer allison samuels, author of "what would michelle do wo." i will start off with you since you are the only one with a book about the first lady. she said they wanted to remind you of the values of her husband. this is not the same pitch ann romney was asked to do. we know the president of course, but what is her challenge today? >> i think it is to remind people how much her husband cares about everyone, how he wants everyone to enjoy that dream of economic, sort of parody, that he stil
for example, over there is nevada, that direction is iowa, virginia, colorado. so again, everything is very carefully choreographed. the podium is up there. we will hear the first lady and mayor of san antonio speak later on. dell case are starting to file in now. some 6,000 will be here. and the energy level, quite a night here when things get started in a few hours. tamron? >> thank you for the update. associated press with a first lady speech, likely not mentioning romney by name. the...
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you said he should not be the nominee and dpaugt him hard campaigning in iowa this time and four years ago. is this the man you expected, the guy that said these peoples are victims and appear to not show very much concern for that 47% that he referred to? >> well, i want to take you back to some things i said in the primary, tamron. if you might recall, i told your audience to look at the contested proo e mares and what you found in states that didn't have high mormon populations that were contested of san or the um or gingrich, he lost middle class voters in states like michigan, ohio, for example. and this campaign really comes down to right now it comes down to what are voters thinking when they go in to the polling booth on november 6th? are they thinking they're not better off than four years ago or mitt romney's the very kind of republican that we don't trust, that we don't like and even a lot of republican base would rather not trust or like? that's what it's battle about right now and the president obama is having the narrative he wants which is, hey, mitt romney is not who yo
you said he should not be the nominee and dpaugt him hard campaigning in iowa this time and four years ago. is this the man you expected, the guy that said these peoples are victims and appear to not show very much concern for that 47% that he referred to? >> well, i want to take you back to some things i said in the primary, tamron. if you might recall, i told your audience to look at the contested proo e mares and what you found in states that didn't have high mormon populations that...
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that includes in the battleground states of iowa, north carolina, new hampshire, wisconsin and virginia. tamron, next week ohio and florida start voting in some form or fashion. voting is under way, even though election day is 40 days from now. >> you talk about some stap states. we have maps built in to give people a glimpse of nationwide how many states are in the process of early voting. we have the map. some of them at the end of the week, but mark, is there anything to compare this to at least from the last general election? >> well, in the last general election we also saw a lot of early voting in a lot of states. some states scaled back a little bit on the early voting, but i think it's here to stay going forward. what's interesting is the obama campaign saw early voting as a way to maximize their folks and bank the votes on their side. for example, when president obama is in ohio yesterday, he told everyone be sure to vote as early as october 2nd when you can start voting early in ohio. they want their folks to already start casting balance the lots in early october. >> the ques
that includes in the battleground states of iowa, north carolina, new hampshire, wisconsin and virginia. tamron, next week ohio and florida start voting in some form or fashion. voting is under way, even though election day is 40 days from now. >> you talk about some stap states. we have maps built in to give people a glimpse of nationwide how many states are in the process of early voting. we have the map. some of them at the end of the week, but mark, is there anything to compare this...
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. >>> a deadly crash at an iowa air show tops our look at stories around the news nation today. a fighter jet crash that killed a 59-year-old veteran pilot over the weekend. the soviet-era jet was flying in formation when it nose dived and crashed into a field. no spectators were hurt. >>> another crash this weekend also caught on tape, a monster truck barrelled into a crowd of spectators at a race in harrisburg, oregon. the announcer for the race said the truck's hydraulic steering went out of control, causing the driver to lose control of that car. three spectators were hurt. none of their injuries, though, life threatening. >>> the coast guard has rescued actor russell crowe. he and his friend got lost kayaking last night. the master and commander star called out for help and was picked up by a passing patrol boat. crowe later tweeted a big thank you to the coast guard. looks so different with the beard. >>> up next, a preview of tonight's documentary "barack obama history" hosted by chris matthews. check us out on facebook, facebook.com/, you know the rest, newsnation. techn
. >>> a deadly crash at an iowa air show tops our look at stories around the news nation today. a fighter jet crash that killed a 59-year-old veteran pilot over the weekend. the soviet-era jet was flying in formation when it nose dived and crashed into a field. no spectators were hurt. >>> another crash this weekend also caught on tape, a monster truck barrelled into a crowd of spectators at a race in harrisburg, oregon. the announcer for the race said the truck's hydraulic...
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iowa, he did not spend very much time. i believe only seven visits if not less, and he's behind in the polling there. if you say the obama campaign has been campaigning, then you would i imagine have to agree your candidate was focused on fund-raising and not going door to door and he's behind in key battleground states, jonathan. >> mitt romney is running for president. barack obama is also the commander in chief. >> he's not running for fund-raiser, either? is he running for fund raise ner chief? >> i think obama has been to more fund-raisers than any president in recent history. i think the fair points here by governor romney, and i think that the obama administration has been very, very focused on the election and a little less focused on governing. >> real quick, chris, we're going to talk about this on the other half about bobby goshen from "time" magazine. i have to pick up what jonathan has been saying. a lot of republicans have been on the air that the president has time to go to david letterman but doesn't have t
iowa, he did not spend very much time. i believe only seven visits if not less, and he's behind in the polling there. if you say the obama campaign has been campaigning, then you would i imagine have to agree your candidate was focused on fund-raising and not going door to door and he's behind in key battleground states, jonathan. >> mitt romney is running for president. barack obama is also the commander in chief. >> he's not running for fund-raiser, either? is he running for fund...